From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751408AbWFPOKK (ORCPT ); Fri, 16 Jun 2006 10:10:10 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751411AbWFPOKK (ORCPT ); Fri, 16 Jun 2006 10:10:10 -0400 Received: from tayrelbas04.tay.hp.com ([161.114.80.247]:13708 "EHLO tayrelbas04.tay.hp.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751408AbWFPOKI (ORCPT ); Fri, 16 Jun 2006 10:10:08 -0400 Date: Fri, 16 Jun 2006 07:02:34 -0700 From: Stephane Eranian To: Christoph Hellwig , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Cc: systemtap@sources.redhat.com, wcohen@redhat.com, perfmon@napali.hpl.hp.com Subject: Re: [PATCH 9/16] 2.6.17-rc6 perfmon2 patch for review: kernel-level API support (kapi) Message-ID: <20060616140234.GI10034@frankl.hpl.hp.com> Reply-To: eranian@hpl.hp.com References: <200606150907.k5F97coF008178@frankl.hpl.hp.com> <20060616135014.GB12657@infradead.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20060616135014.GB12657@infradead.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i Organisation: HP Labs Palo Alto Address: HP Labs, 1U-17, 1501 Page Mill road, Palo Alto, CA 94304, USA. E-mail: eranian@hpl.hp.com Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Hi, On Fri, Jun 16, 2006 at 02:50:14PM +0100, Christoph Hellwig wrote: > On Thu, Jun 15, 2006 at 02:07:38AM -0700, Stephane Eranian wrote: > > This patch contains the kernel-level API support. > > NACK. No one should call this from kernel space. > Well, that's what I initially thought too but there is a need from the SystemTap people and given the way they set things up, it is hard to do it from user level. > and apparently noting in your patchkit does either, so this is just dead code. I have not immediate need my self, but I have received several requests for this, systemtap being one of them. -- -Stephane